As 2021 draws to a close, online broker eToro is taking its time to reflect on its achievements throughout the year. Early on in the year, eToro reached a huge milestone: celebrating its record number of users on the platform – an astonishing 20 million. The company has grown since then (by an extra few…
Euronext, the leading pan-European market infrastructure, registered record activity on primary markets in 2021, confirming its leading position as an equity listing venue in Europe. Euronext is the home to 1,959 listed equity issuers, worth €6.9 trillion in all. In 2021, Euronext welcomed 212 new equity listings, an all-time record, representing an aggregated market capitalization…
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Electronic trading major Interactive Brokers Group, Inc (NASDAQ:IBKR) has expanded the range of products available to trade on the IBKR platform. Below is a list of the most recent additions: Cboe Mini-Russell 2000 Index Options (MRUT) CME Group CME Micro Ether Futures (MET) CME Micro Treasury Yield Futures – 2 Year (2YY) CME Micro Treasury…
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The London Stock Exchange views 2021 as a year of progress. The FX business of the Exchange expanded and innovated this year, increasing volumes and adding more than 200 customers to its portfolio. LSE launched new capabilities in FXall and Matching, helping its customers to trade more efficiently, confidently, and profitably and it enhanced liquidity…
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While the COVID-19 pandemic continued to march on from 2020 affecting every part of the business and financial world, the Retail FX industry had another fantastic year in 2021 as conditions remained conducive to business. Financial volatility remained, although somewhat muted as compared to 2020. More and more retail (and institutional) traders became interested in…
Electronic trading major IG is expanding its offering of trading instruments via the addition of inflation indices. Clients of the broker can now get exposure to inflation all in one place with IG’s unique inflation indices. With IG, traders can take a position on the indices using spread bets and CFDs. Both are derivative products,…
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Citadel Securities has agreed to pay a fine of $15,000 as a part of a settlement with the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC. The broker-dealer allegedly violated Nasdaq rules between August 15, 2014 and May 2, 2018. During the review period, Citadel Securities had market access, as defined in Exchange Act Rule 15c3-5. As such, the…
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About three months after the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) launched an action against Tradewale and its Valdas Dapkus over a fraudulent Forex scheme, the regulator has updated the Court on its efforts to serve the complaint on the defendants. On December 28, 2021, the CFTC submitted a motion for alternative service on…
London Stock Exchange Group plc (LSEG) today reported transactions in its shares by senior management. Tsega Gebreyes, who was appointed as non-executive director of LSEG in June 2021, has acquired 1,200 shares in LSEG at a price of £70.86 per share. The date of the transaction is December 29, 2021. Tsega Gebreyes
iShares plc announces that, with effect from 23 December 2021, Mr Liam McKechnie has been appointed as a non-executive director of the Company. Liam McKechnie was an Irish judge who served as a senior member of the Irish High Court and a member of the Irish Supreme Court until April 2021. He is also a…
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